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How do writers make it new in their work? How do they find new readers, publishers, and in this new century, languages and audiences beyond the southern half of the Korean peninsula? Azalea has sought to embody and exemplify that quest, publishing the new work of today's Korean literary world, and seeking to make connections, to be a bridge to readers in the English language realms of North America and elsewhere.

E-Book (21)

For the first time, English-language readers can access the poems of Jeong Ho-seung, who has become one of Korea's most beloved poets since his literary debut in 1973. A total of 216 poems spanning over 40 years of poetic growth were released in two collections, presented side by side in English...

For the first time, English-language readers can access the poems of Jeong Ho-seung, who has become one of Korea's most beloved poets since his literary debut in 1973. This book is a collection of 108 poems, presented in side-by-side in English and Korean, which were handpicked by the author and...

Flowers of a Moment is a treasure trove of more than 180 brief poems by a major world poet at the apex of his career. A four-time Nobel Prize nominee,Ko Un grew up in Korea during the Japanese occupation. During the Korean War, he was conscripted by the People's Army. In 1952, he became a Buddhist...

Yujeong – beautiful, bright and wealthy – is in hospital recovering from her third suicide attempt. Angry at the world, she reluctantly accepts her nononsense aunt's suggestion: to accompany her on charitable visits to inmates on death row. Source: http://lti.lib.overdrive.com/F4C89D26-7C34-49FC-...

Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. Allen Ginsberg once wrote, 'Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.' Maninbo (Ten Thousand Lives) is the title of a remarkable...

A major, never before translated novel by the author of Mujông / The Heartless—often called the first modern Korean novel—The Soil tells the story of an idealist dedicating his life to helping the inhabitants of the rural community in which he was raised. Striving to influence the poor farmers of...

Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. Allen Ginsberg once wrote, 'Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.' When a writer has published as much as Ko Un has in the course of...

Yi Kwang-su is regarded as a pioneer of modern fiction and a leading voice in modern Korean literature. His works criticized the irrationality of the old conventions shackled by Confucian traditions while advocating the enlightened views of his age. “Gasil” is a story based on the tale of “Seol’s...

International Events (43)

This year, Korea was invited to the largest book fair in Turkey—the Istanbul Book Fair, which ran from November 4th to 7th. Korea was selected as this year’s Guest of Honor; a choice that is particularly meaningful, as 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations...

From May 18 to 19, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea, President: Kim Seong-Kon, professor Emeritus at Seoul National University) ran a Korean literature translation workshop at Italy’s Sapienza University of Rome. This was the third year in a row that the LTI held a workshop...

On 22nd Oct, LTI Korea held a literary evening with novelist Kim Ae-ran in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, as part of the 2016 Festive Korea, organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong. Kim Ae-ran read an extract from her novel, My Palpitating Life, in front of...

Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the 2016 Paris International Book Fair, held from March 16–20, in celebration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. Nearly 3,000 writers from 45 countries attended the fair where around 800 events were held. A total of 30 Korean...

LTI Korea took part in the literary festival “Meeting” held in Saint-Nazaire and Paris from November 19 to 25. Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the festival this year in commemoration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. The theme this year was “Traduire la Vie...